MAO’S RED CHINA
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MAO’S RED CHINA China and the World, 1949-1976
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MAO’S RED CHINA. China and the World, 1949-1976. CHINA’S PLACE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COLD WAR. PRC Comes into Being at Beginning of Cold War Natural PRC Would Ally With USSR This Alarmed the Americans…Domino Theory in Asia Mao’s Foreign Policy Largely Dictated by Marxism-Leninsm. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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MAO’S RED CHINAChina and the World, 1949-1976
CHINA’S PLACE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COLD WAR
PRC Comes into Being at Beginning of Cold War
Natural PRC Would Ally With USSR
This Alarmed the Americans…Domino Theory in Asia
Mao’s Foreign Policy Largely Dictated by Marxism-Leninsm
Uncertain Relations With the USA
The Marshall Mission US Provides Aid to
Kuomintang During Chinese Civil War
After Civil War, US Appears Willing to Recognize PRC
Cold War Hysteria (McCarthyism) Prevents Recognition
Red Scare, Particularly After Signing of Friendship Treaty With USSR
EARLY 1950S: WORSENING RELATIONS WITH USA
Chinese Invasion of Tibet Incorporates Region Into China
The Korean War China Refused Entry in United Nations USA Supports and Protects Chiang Taiwan
THE SINO SOVIET SPLIT Hostility of UN and US
Toward China Brought USSR & China Closer
Khrushchev’s Warming of Relations with USA Disturbed Mao
Mao Disagree with “Peaceful Co-existence”
Armed Clashes Ensue Between China and USSR Along Border
1960s USSR Stopped All Aid to PRC
CHINA AND THE USA Relations Remain Bad in
the 1960s China Alarmed by USA
Presence in Taiwan and Involvement in Vietnam
Vietnam Conflict Brought US Bombers Close to China
US Withdrawal From Vietnam Leads to Improvement in Relations
CHINA’S SOUTHERN NEIGHBORS
1959 Tibetan Revolt Crushed - Dalai Lama Flees to India
Conflict with India - War Breaks Out in 1962
PEACE WITH NEIGHBOURS
1962 - 1979 Peace with Neighbors
Richard Nixon visits China.
1979 Chinese Dispute with Vietnam Turns into War
Aim of War to Stop USSR Influence
